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Ottonische und Welfische Herrscher und deren Ehefrauen

Ottonian and Guelph rulers and their wives

Hans Hesse der Jüngere
1455/1468

Braunschweig / Ottonische und Welfische Herrscher und deren Ehefrauen

Description

Seventeen life-size limestone statues on nine pillars of the west and north façades of the upper arcade of the Old Town Hall in Braunschweig. The male and female figures depict Ottonian and Guelph rulers and their wives. It is highly likely that all of the statues were created by a single sculptor, Hans Hesse the Younger between 1455 and 1468.
In the façade facing Breite Straße is a niche with a statue of St. Mary and Child.

Ottonen

Braunschweig - Ottonische und Welfische Herrscher und deren Ehefrauen
Heinrich I der Vogler / Henry the Fowler (875-936) king of East Francia 919-936.
and his wife Mathilde von Ringeleim
(Wikipedia).
Otto I. der Große / Otto I the Great (912- Memleben 973), son of Henry the Fowler; king of East Francia 936-973, Holy Roman Emperor 963-973 (Wikipedia).
and his wife Adelheid von Burgund / Adelaide of Burgundy (931/932- Kloster Selz, Alsace 999) (Wikipedia)
Braunschweig - Ottonische und Welfische Herrscher und deren Ehefrauen
Otto II. (955 - Rome 983), son of Otto I; joint-ruler of Germany 961, co-Emperor 967, Holy Roman Emperor 973-983 (Wikipedia)
and his wife Theophanu von Byzanz / Theophanu of Byzantium (c. 960 - Nijmegen 991) (Wikipedia). Braunschweig - Ottonische und Welfische Herrscher und deren Ehefrauen
Otto III. (near Kleve 980 - Castel Paterno, Italy 1002), son of Otto II; king of Germany 983, Holy Roman Emperor 996-1002), he was unmarried and without issue (Wikipedia).
and, according to information from the museum, Maria von Aragon.

Braunschweig - Ottonische und Welfische Herrscher und deren Ehefrauen
Lothar von Supplinburg / Lothair of Supplinburg (1075 - near Breitenwang, Tyrol, 1137), king of Germany 1125, Holy Roman Emperor 1133-1137; he is the grandfather of Heinrich der Löwe (Wikipedia).

Welfen

Braunschweig - Ottonische und Welfische Herrscher und deren Ehefrauen
Otto IV. (Braunschweig? c. 1175 - Harzburg 1218), king of Germany 1198, Holy Roman Emperor 1209-1218, son of Henry the Lion (Wikipedia)
and his wife Maria von Brabant / Maria of Brabant (1190-1260) (Wikipedia).
Heinrich der Löwe / Henry the Lion (c. 1129 - Braunschweig 1195), Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (Wikipedia)
and his wife Mathilde Plantagenet / Matilda of England (Windsor Castle c. 1156 - Braunschweig 1189) (Wikipedia).
Braunschweig - Ottonische und Welfische Herrscher und deren Ehefrauen
Wilhelm von Lüneburg / William of Winchester (Winchester 1184 - Lüneburg 1213), youngest son of Henry the Lion and father of Otto I (Wikipedia)
and his wife Helene von Dänemark / Helena of Denmark (c. 1180 - Lüneburg 1233 (Wikipedia). Braunschweig - Ottonische und Welfische Herrscher und deren Ehefrauen
Otto 'das Kind' / Otto the Child (1204 - Lüneburg 1252), first duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, 1235-1252 (Wikipedia)
and his wife Mathilda von Brandenburg / Matilda of Brandenburg (c. 1210 - Lüneburg 1261) (Wikipedia).

East façade

Braunschweig - Ottonische und Welfische Herrscher und deren Ehefrauen
St. Mary and Child.

Sculptor

Hans Hesse der Jüngere, 15th century sculptor of Braunschweig (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Herrscherskulpturen am Altstadtrathaus in Braunschweig.
Wikipedia, Altstadtrathaus (Braunschweig).
Stadt Braunschweig, Tourismus, Altstadtmarkt.

Locatie (N 52°15'46" - E 10°31'0") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens606; Photograph: 28 July 2024
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Heinrich I der Vogler / Henry the Fowler (875-936) king of East Francia 919-936. and his wife Mathilde von Ringeleim (Wikipedia).	Otto I. der Große / Otto I the Great (912- Memleben 973), son of Henry the Fowler; king of East Francia 936-973, Holy Roman Emperor 963-973 (Wikipedia). and his wife Adelheid von Burgund / Adelaide of Burgundy (931/932- Kloster Selz, Alsace 999) (Wikipedia)
Otto II. (955 - Rome 983), son of Otto I; joint-ruler of Germany 961, co-Emperor 967, Holy Roman Emperor 973-983 (Wikipedia) and his wife Theophanu von Byzanz / Theophanu of Byzantium (c. 960 - Nijmegen 991) (Wikipedia).	Otto III. (near Kleve 980 - Castel Paterno, Italy 1002), son of Otto II; king of Germany 983, Holy Roman Emperor 996-1002), he was unmarried and without issue (Wikipedia). and, according to information from the museum, Maria von Aragon.

Otto IV. (Braunschweig? c. 1175 - Harzburg 1218), king of Germany 1198, Holy Roman Emperor 1209-1218, son of Henry the Lion (Wikipedia) and his wife Maria von Brabant / Maria of Brabant (1190-1260) (Wikipedia).	Heinrich der Löwe / Henry the Lion (c. 1129 - Braunschweig 1195), Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (Wikipedia) and his wife Mathilde Plantagenet / Matilda of England (Windsor Castle c. 1156 - Braunschweig 1189) (Wikipedia).
Wilhelm von Lüneburg / William of Winchester (Winchester 1184 - Lüneburg 1213), youngest son of Henry the Lion and father of Otto I (Wikipedia) and his wife Helene von Dänemark / Helena of Denmark (c. 1180 - Lüneburg 1233 (Wikipedia).	Otto 'das Kind' / Otto the Child (1204 - Lüneburg 1252), first duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, 1235-1252 (Wikipedia) and his wife Mathilda von Brandenburg / Matilda of Brandenburg (c. 1210 - Lüneburg 1261) (Wikipedia).